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Help me decide Dh doesn't care and no one else to give an opinion

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Haint · 24/07/2018 15:51

I am trying to order tiles for our little bathroom. it is an L shape. The tiles come in 3 different sizes.

30x60 - fit well (I need 90cm width in one direction) but I feel weird about rectangle, perhaps unjustly, may be rectangles are fine....
60x60 - a nice size but just don't fit the space well (see prev. point about being 90cm in one direction)
100 x 100 - would look A MAZE ING and only have 4 joins so even better BUT they cost twice as much. literally £500 instead of £250. That's £250 I won't have to spend on other things

I'm going back and forth and don't know what to do

Anyone sway me in any direction???

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Haint · 24/07/2018 21:48

The big ones are actually thinner 9mm v 11mm bizarrely. But i hear what you are all saying and you’ve helped me muddle through my thoughts. Thank you

I think I am 97% decided on the rectangles. The centralizing and bits each edge idea although a good one I think over complicates unnecessarily (says her!) also will be odd where it turns the corner for the L

The room is actually rectangular but the bit of floor left showing once the bath is taken account of is the L shape.

It’s also although small not miniscule. It’s 290x160 cm

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cakeandteajustforme · 24/07/2018 22:51

Maybe lay out with paper how they'd each look?

I've found some (terrible) old pics of the bathroom of our old flat we did up. For the shower I centred the 60cm2 tiles on the 1.4m wall (remembering 3x 60= 180) but the width of the shower was 70cm, so the edge tiles of the long wall were each 40cm with an additional 10cm round the corner, then a full 60cm tile. Sounds weird and the tiler thought I was nuts for having the strippy bits, but it looked really good. It will be very dependent on the shape of the L space and how the tiles sit round the corner.

Help me decide Dh doesn't care and no one else to give an opinion
Help me decide Dh doesn't care and no one else to give an opinion
Help me decide Dh doesn't care and no one else to give an opinion
cakeandteajustforme · 24/07/2018 22:53

Ps don't ask me how much those tiles cost. Lucky it was a small space.... and I ate a lot of noodles.

BubblesBuddy · 24/07/2018 23:36

The big ones are 1200 x 1200. They are meant to be industrial sized ones - not for a small bathroom. If you cut them, they will lose the effect. So rectangular is better for your room. I love them though!

YorkshireTea86 · 25/07/2018 07:35

I'd go for the rectangle. The big one is going to have to be cut into a rectangle anyway as it's 1200mm square and you'll be cutting it to 900 x 1200.

Haint · 25/07/2018 11:09

actually they wouldn't have to be cut as the excess would overlap under the bath but anyway - the decision is MADE and rectangular tiles are ORDERED!!! I spent two hours cutting out bits of paper to scale and arranging them and they just fit the space a whole lot better.

and i'm going to spend the money I have earned by being frugal on wine an amazing mirror and grout towels

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cakeandteajustforme · 25/07/2018 12:51

Glad the paper trick helped ; )

Good luck with it!

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